Scatter the Ashes and Go

by Mongane Wally Serote

In this powerful new work by the acclaimed poet and novelist, Mongane Wally Serote, the liberation struggle is hastening to an end. Events are initially directed from outside South Africa, but later from within its borders.
Against this backdrop, many human dramas are played out. The dislocation of the returnees is, for instance, vividly depicted as they grapple with the problems of adapting to a society quite different from the one they had left behind--for some, many years before.
Above all, however, Scatter the Ashes and Go, is a compelling story of love and deception, of loyalty and betrayal, among a close-knit group of comrades-in-arms. At the same time it reflects the alternating hopes and fears, on the part of those committed to change, for the new South Africa shortly to rise from the ashes of the old.

364 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2002